The almighty TROLLTUNGA!! We decided to take this hike only the day before doing it. We had to contact a guide as we’d discovered it was illegal to do the hike in the winter without one due to the trail being hidden beneath the heavy snow fall and hikers would be under serious risk. We soon learned that this hike would actually take us 12hours to complete, across 28km, to even get a glimpse of famous Trolltunga (Trolls Tongue) in the fjord region of Hardanger. There was no other way. Luckily for us the weather was on our side and we were blessed with the most glorious day, a great group of people, outstanding guides and of course.. a superb mountain dog named TAZZY - who, may I add, was SUCH a good boy and had just as fun as we did!! He certainly kept the group entertained! The terrain was surprising in every way possible and the hike was very testing, the temperature varied far below freezing to the point any water we had froze! Taz had to eat the snow to cool down! Needless to say, this was one hike we will never ever forget and definitely worth every bit of it! What an achievement made by all! AMAZING NORWAY #norway#trolltunga#trolltungaactive#hike#trek#hiking#challenge#adventure#photography#fjord#snowdog#germanshepherd hardanger @trolltungaactive@trolltungahike@norway@visitnorway@jjncarpenter#photooftheday#instavibes

I did what I said I was going to do and gave the tour guide, from TrolltungActive a bone as I walked past his group on my way back. His name is Vaden and how cool is it that I have met him 3 times now. He was VERY appreciative. I told him how nice the trail was and I told him I wanted a picture so that hopefully other people help out who are not using the guide service but utilize the trail they maintain. That was easy giving him that....I would do it again in a heartbeat, especially during the winter.